NEWS NOTES 



Regulations regarding the Gaspesian National Park. 

 Part of the region covered by last July's trip of the Torrey Botan- 

 ical Club to the Gaspe region is in the new Gaspesian Park. The 

 regulations given here apply to the park. The objects of the 

 restrictions against gathering plants are first — to prevent col- 

 lecting of plants for commerce, and — second — to prevent ama- 

 teur botanists from destroying unique stations. Any serious 

 botanist will have no difficulty in obtaining written authoriza- 

 tion for collecting. Requests for such authorization should be 

 addressed to the Superintendent of the Gaspesian National 

 Park, Department of Mines and Fisheries, Quebec. 



The following regulations have been adopted by Order in 

 Council, respecting the Gaspesian National Park: 



That it be prohibited: 



(a) To hunt, in any manner whatsoever, the animals which 

 are within the limits of the said park; 



(b) To have in one's possession, within the limits of the 

 park, hunting implements of any nature whatsoever; 



(c) To enter the limits of the park without a special permit 

 from the superintendent or the person named for such purposes; 



(d) To gather wild plants for any purposes whatsoever, 

 without a written authorization from the superintendent of the 

 park. 



L. A. Richard 

 Deputy Minister of Mines and Fisheries 



Common names. Dr. R. A. Harper comments on the inquiry 

 about "Wild Isaac" in our November-December issue and the 

 reply in the January-February number. "Some years ago I was 

 called on Mrs. Elfleda B. Taylor of Thomasville, Ga., an ama- 

 teur botanist. The conversation turned to common names of 

 plants, and she said that she had heard negro children apply to 

 a species of Ascyrum a name that sounded like 'Izup.' She 

 thought at first that it must be a corruption of 'Hyssop,' but 

 on further inquiry, or reflection, decided that they were really 

 saying 'eyes up,' as the flowers of the genus always face up- 

 ward." "Another illustration of the tendency for names to get 



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